Enveloped gift container

ABSTRACT

The gift container has a paper outer surface folded to envelop an attached paper pocket which in use encloses a gift.

[0001] This application claims benefit of provisional application No.60/207,521 filed May 26, 2000.

DESCRIPTION

[0002] The product is made of paper folded to envelop a pocket which canenclose a gift.

[0003] The product provides progress over prior art shown for example infor example in U.S. Pat. No. 1,346,298 by Congdon, U.S. Pat. No.1,634,064 by Ahlquist, U.S. Pat. No. 3,829,008 by Murry, U.S. Pat. No.5,706,947 by Hodges, U.S. Pat. No. 5,226,532 by Davidson, and U.S. Pat.No. 5,971,264 by Karahoca.

[0004]FIG. 1 depicts the product open.

[0005]FIG. 2 depicts the product closing.

[0006]FIG. 3 depicts the product dosed.

[0007]FIG. 4 is a view across line 4-4 in FIG. 3.

[0008]FIG. 5 depicts a form of the product with expanding sides.

[0009]FIG. 6 depicts a form of the product with expanding sides andbottom.

[0010] The preferred form of the gift container comprises a sheet and apocket. The sheet is paper with offset printed markings 61, 63, and thesheet allows ink markings 62 to be added. The sheet has an outer surfaceand an inner surface.

[0011] The paper can be made of natural and synthetic fibers so long asmarkings can be added by offset printing and ink markings can be added.Plastic sheets with paper like properties which allow markings to beadded by offset printing and allow ink markings to be added are includedin the meaning of “paper” here. Fabrics and leathers are excluded fromthe meaning of “paper” here.

[0012] The sheet is folded 15 to form the outer surface into a front 11and a back 12 and correspondingly form the inner surface into a base 21and a panel 22. The base is the inside of the front and the panel is theinside of the back. In the preferred form the sheet is second folded 14,24 to form a flap 13, 23 extending away from the back.

[0013] The pocket has a seat 32 at the base and has a face 31. The seatand the face are connected by a closed left side, a closed right side,and a closed bottom leaving an open top between the seat and the face.

[0014] In the form depicted in FIG. 5, the bottom 36A, the left side34A, and the right side 35A are accordion pleated to expand. In the formdepicted in FIG. 6 the right side 34B and the left side are accordionpleated.

[0015] The pocket has a closure extending across the open top, which inuse secures a gift item 91, 92 in the pocket. In the preferred mode theclosure is a pocket flap 33 which can lay across the open top and can beattached onto the face.

[0016] There can be a pocket fastener such as a hook-and-loop pair 51,52 by which the pocket flap is secured to the face. The pocket flap canalso be secured to the face by various other means such as adhesive 51A.

[0017] There can be no securing means provided as in FIG. 6, and thepocket flap can be secured by means—such as adhesive tape—provided by auser. The pocket flap could be left off, and the face can be secureddirectly to the seat by various means so long as this forms a closureacross the full top to keep small items from being dropped from thepocket inadvertently.

[0018] The flap can be secured to the front by various means such as ahook-and-loop fastener pair 41, 42, adhesive, and by means provided by auser. A decoration which serves as a handle 64 can be added to the flapThe flap can be left off. The face can be secured to the panel byvarious means such as adhesive.

[0019] A tag 71 can be attached 73 to the sheet by a cord 72. The sheetcan have a first component attached to a second component with the firstcomponent forming outer surface and the second component forming theinner surface. The components can be papers with different properties.

[0020] The seat can be the base as it is in FIG. 5 at 21A, 32A, and thepocket flap can be attached to the sheet. The face can be an extensionof the base.

Claimed is:
 1. A gift container product comprising: A) a sheet, B) thesheet being paper with offset printed markings and allowing ink markingsto be added, C) the sheet having an outer surface and an inner surface,and D) the sheet being folded to form the outer surface into a front anda back and correspondingly form the inner surface into a base and apanel, the base being the inside of the front and the panel being theinside of the back; and E) a pocket, F) the pocket having a seat at thebase and having a face, G) the seat and the face being connected by adosed left side, a closed right side, and a closed bottom leaving anopen top between the seat and the face, H) the pocket having a closureextending across the open top, I) in use the closure securing a giftitem in the pocket, and J) in a dosed mode the front laying across theface.
 2. A gift container product comprising: A) a sheet, B) the sheetbeing paper with offset printed markings and allowing ink markings to beadded, C) the sheet having an outer surface and an inner surface, D) thesheet being folded to form the outer surface into a front and a back andcorrespondingly form the inner surface into a base and a panel, the basebeing the inside of the front and the panel being the inside of theback, and E) the sheet being second folded to form a flap extending awayfrom the back; and F) a pocket, G) the pocket having a seat at the baseand having a face, H) the seat and the face being connected by a closedleft side, a closed right side, and a closed bottom leaving an open topbetween the seat and the face, I) the pocket having a pocket flapextending from the sheet, J) the pocket flap laying across the open topin use securing a gift in the pocket, and K) in a closed mode the frontlaying across the panel and the flap laying on the front.
 3. The productof claim 2 further comprising: A) a pocket fastener, B) in use thepocket fastener securing the pocket flap to the face; and C) a flapfastener, D) in use the flap fastener securing the flap to the front. 4.The product of claim 3 wherein the pocket flap fastener is adhesive. 5.The product of claim 2 further comprising a tag connected to the sheet.6. The product of claim 2 wherein the seat is the base and the pocketflap extends from the sheet.
 7. The product of claim 6 wherein the faceis an extension of the sheet.
 8. The product of claim 2 wherein: A) thesheet has a first component attached to a second component, B) the firstcomponent forming the outer surface and the second component forming theinner surface.
 9. The product of claim 2 wherein the right side and theleft side are accordion pleated.
 10. The product of claim 9 wherein thebottom is accordion pleated.